Valleymount, Co. Wicklow

Groundworks and foundations in Valleymount, Co. Wicklow

Digging, foundations, drainage runs and hardcore. Post your task free and professionals working in Valleymount reply with their own price. You choose, and pay them directly.

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County Wicklow: 40.8% of households here are in dwellings built before 1981.

Groundworks and foundations near Valleymount

Groundworks and foundations: what the job involves

Digging and preparing the ground for an extension, garden room, driveway or drainage: excavation, foundations, drainage runs, levelling and hardcore. Usually done with a mini-digger and dumper, and the first trade on most building projects.

How long it takes: A few days to a few weeks depending on the project; rock, a high water table, services to divert or wet weather add time.

The full guide to groundworks and foundations — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.

What groundworks and foundations in Valleymount costs, and why

What jobs on Talqero came to

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What affects the price

Volume to dig and to take away, and whether spoil can stay on site
Ground conditions: rock, soft ground, high water table
Access for machinery, and whether work is by hand
Drainage and services that need diverting or connecting
Engineer’s requirements for deeper or reinforced foundations
VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced 13.5% rate by a VAT-registered builder, unless materials are more than two-thirds of the price (Revenue’s two-thirds rule)
VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.

County Wicklow: what the figures say

40.8% of households in County Wicklow live in homes built before 1981 — close to the national figure of 40.7%, and the 8th highest share of the 26 counties.
Older houses often bring damp, uneven floors and outdated services into an extension or renovation; a survey before work starts is worth its fee.
Central Statistics Office, 2022

Rules and grants for groundworks and foundations

The rules in Ireland

Since 27 July 2026, a rear extension of up to 45 m² is exempt from planning permission under conditions, and building work still has to meet the building regulations.

Class 1 (rear extensions): exempt up to 45 m² in total, counting every extension built since 1 October 1964; the part above the ground floor is limited to 12 m² for terraced and semi-detached houses and 20 m² for detached houses, and must be at least 2 m from a party boundary.
The extension may not be higher than the house’s walls and roof, must leave at least 25 m² of private open space, and its roof may not be used as a balcony.
Sheds and garden rooms (Class 3) are exempt up to 30 m², not in front of the house; side or rear dormers up to 30 m³ are also newly exempt.
A Commencement Notice is lodged with the Building Control Authority through the BCMS portal 14 to 28 days before work starts; larger works need it with documentation and statutory certification, or an opt-out for a single dwelling. Check the requirement for your job with your council.

Sources · checked 9 October 2026

What to ask before you choose

Are you pricing from drawings and a specification, and which revision?
Who handles the Commencement Notice and any certification?
What is excluded — electrics, plumbing, finishes, skips?
What insurance do you carry, and can I see it?
How are payments staged against the work done?
Is VAT included?

What the work usually involves

Blocklaying and garden walls
Groundworks and foundations
Damp-proofing
Garage and attic conversions

What to put in your task

What you want built or changed, with rough sizes
Whether you have drawings or planning permission
Access for machinery and where waste can go
When you would like it started and finished

County Wicklow in figures

Active construction enterprises: 2,280; Central Statistics Office, 2023
Homes built before 1981: 40.8%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by natural gas: 34.3%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by oil: 41.1%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Households: 54,059; Central Statistics Office, 2022

Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.

Groundworks and foundations · Valleymount

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